Springhead Primary School
Kingsley Road, Talke Pits, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 1RA
This school is closed (it closed in September 2023).
It was replaced by Springhead Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Brian Anderson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent North
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 198
- URN
- 124097
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
About this school
Springhead Primary School was a community primary school in Stoke-on-Trent. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 198 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Springhead Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 31 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 74% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 92% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.80 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.10 | - |
| Maths progress | +1.70 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Springhead Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 74% | 59.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 62% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Springhead Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 98% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.5% | 23.7% | 198 | — |
| Springhead Primary School | 73% | 3.5% | 21.8% | 214 | 0.0 miles |
| St Saviour's CofE Academy | 35% | 5.8% | 34.4% | 162 | 0.9 miles |
| The Reginald Mitchell Primary School | 79% | 4.3% | 29.9% | 211 | 1.1 miles |
| St Chad's CofE (C) Primary School | 76% | 4% | 14.1% | 274 | 1.1 miles |
| St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy | 56% | 5.3% | 16.8% | 189 | 1.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23.7%
- English as an additional language
- 2.5%
- Overall absence
- 3.5%
- Persistent absence
- 4%
Location
Nearby schools
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Springhead Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
St Saviour's CofE Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
The Reginald Mitchell Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
St Chad's CofE (C) Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Newcastle
-
St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy1.3 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
Other schools in Stoke-on-Trent
- Abbey Hulton Primary School Primary
- Alexandra Infants' School Primary
- Alexandra Junior School Primary
- All Saints' CofE First School Primary
- Alsager Highfields Community Primary School Primary
- Alsagers Bank Primary Academy Primary
- Ash Green Primary Academy Primary
- Ball Green Primary Academy Primary
- Barlaston CofE (VC) First School Primary
- Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy Primary
- Bishop Rawle CofE Primary School Primary
- Burnwood Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Springhead Primary School teach?
- Springhead Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Has Springhead Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Springhead Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Springhead Primary School?
- Springhead Primary School had 198 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Springhead Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 74% in 2022/23 and 75% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Springhead Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Springhead Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 September 2023.